No. 1 seeds Bob and Mike Bryan “lost” in the first round of the Heineken Open on Tuesday. As replay confirms, they should have won.
Leading Robin Haase and Andre Begemann 9-8 in the super-tiebeaker, Haase hit a cross-court forehand well wide. Both teams approached the net to shake hands until chair umpire Kader Nouni inexplicably called the shot in.
Haase and Begemann went on to win the next two points and prevail 1-6, 7-6(4), 11-9.
Tennis Channel commentator Robbie Koenig saw the replay of the controversial call and exclaimed, “way out.”
Begemann admitted, “I didn’t want to be the linesman on that one. To be honest, you get some calls every now and then. Today I think the linesman was on our side.”
Evidence:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFbxp4FxMXI]
Full point:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2L7eipidzE]
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